The pool starts to appear!

The cement burns are starting to heal (note to self, dont wear shorts and kneepads when screeding) It is time to put together the steel pool wall. A guide rail is first laid at the base and needs to be set at a regular curve at each end,this rail carries the pool wall.The pool wall is very heavy and has to be fed into bottom rail as you go, no mean feat on your own! When your done the support legs can be attached and the plastic top rail fixed in place(this gets removed again later to secure the liner).

Now to the bit that makes the pool,the liner! This is another heavy item that needs a couple of people to stretch the liner over the pool frame,making sure the base seam in the centre of pool!It is secured with lots of spring clips which are slowly released as the liner gets stretched.

The next job will be to secure the liner to the top of pool but this requires a few people to hold the liner whilst the fastening is done. Got to go off to Devon to do a wedding now so thats next weeks job!

Back to work then!

Well,having had a few days at home in sunny Devon,the time has come to crack on with the pool install.
The first job was to remove the work previously done and raise it up 60mm. A concrete pavior was just the job.Concrete was then used under the pressure plates and around the ground supports.

Now its ready for screed.I have decided that I will treat the screed as two separate sections as the deep swimming area needs shaping and will be slow to construct.The benefit of this is also the top edge of form will act as a screed rule guide for the large flat areas!

done!

The screed was 4:1 mix with coarse sand from Wickes.The large area had ready mixed screed with retarder to give a longer working time.It was just as well the delivery was super early (7-45am) as it was a very hot day and the shade soon went,leaving blistering sunshine!